Colorado Week in Review

• Colorado health exchange premiums expected to drop by 18% because of reinsurance bill
• Coloradans enjoy one of the best rafting seasons on record
• Broncos training camp started this week
• Anti-abortion extremists stumble with getting abortion-ban on the 2020 ballot
• BLM relocates to Grand Junction
• El Chapo convicted, heading to Colorado Supermax
• Appreciation for air conditioning soars as Coloradans manage consecutive 100 degree days
• Thousands come together to protest treatment of asylum seekers outside of the Aurora private immigrant detention Center
• Highway 36 between Boulder and Denver collapses
• Trump enables racist chants of, “Send her back!” directed towards Congresswoman Ilhan Omar at campaign rally
• Sen. Cory Gardner honors Islamophobe at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver

• You Can Watch Movies In Bed Under the Stars in Denver
• Butterfly Pavilion Will Create World’s First Pollinator District to Save Bees and Butterflies
• Rockies’ Charlie Blackmon Homers in the MLB All-Star Game
• Gov. Polis and New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham roast each other online over Pueblo/Hatch chile supremacy.
• United States Women’s World Cup Win
• Kids Show Off Fabulous Outfits, Strut Past Protesters at All Ages Drag Show
• Rabid Bat Found along Greeley 4th of July Parade Route
• Transgender Colorado Inmate Wins Rape Case and Prompts Institutional Changes
• Driver’s Give Collective Sigh as I-70 Lane Expansion Construction Starts
• ICE raids set to begin this weekend
• Possible anti-choice ballot proposal could be on next year’s state ballot
• Recall Petition for Gov. Polis Approved

• Kaleidoscope-inspired high-rise planned for downtown Denver
  
• State Leaders Advocate For Medal Of Honor Museum In Denver
• 30th Annual Colorado Brewers’ Festival
• Bennet, Hickenlooper Earn Some Moments But Don’t Move The Needle In 1st Primary Debate
• U.S. Supreme Court blocks 2020 census citizenship question in case Colorado joined
• Berthoud becomes only place in Colorado to ban puppy mills
• Group wants grizzly bears restored to Colorado, other U.S. states
• If It’s Not Careful, The Pikes Peak Region May Join Denver On The Ozone Naughty List
• State earns dubious national distinction for sexual assaults
• Google Maps Leads About 100 Drivers Into A ‘Muddy Mess’ In Colorado
• Colorado Latino Festival rescheduled due to threat of ICE raids, bad weather
• Supreme Court cites Colorado as it declines to curb gerrymandering
• Marijuana Is Legal In Colorado, But The Illegal Market Still Exists

• Analysts: Strong Colorado growth continues amid trade risks
• Colorado’s Tiny House Festival Is Here, and It’s Not Tiny
• The Best Concerts in Denver This Weekend
• Snow in Colorado just in time for first day of summer, with storms in afternoon
• Colorado Among Only 14 States That Allow Unpermitted Lemonade Stands. Country Time Wants To Change That
• Trump Launching 2020 Campaign: Colorado Republicans Hosting Watch Parties Tuesday Evening
• Affidavit: Security officer shot, wounded student during STEM school attack
• Two Denver city workers suspended over brawl at Lakewood youth baseball game; police investigation ongoing
• At least one death, “hundreds of severe infections” linked to Porter hospital’s use of contaminated surgical instruments, lawsuit alleges
• Suspect in “get out of my city” attacks of homeless men arrested by Golden police
• EPA defies climate warnings, gives coal plants a reprieve; Polis, Colo. enviros condemn the move
• Colorado Wildlife Officials: Leave Fawns Alone

• Denver PrideFest 2019: Everything you need to know
• FCC Decision Will Bring Denver TV Stations To Southwest Colorado
• Man reels in Colorado state record for bluegill
• Michael Bennet, John Hickenlooper qualify for presidential primary debate stage
• Colorado’s marijuana industry hits another milestone: $1 billion in tax revenue
• Gun-rights recall efforts against state Rep. Tom Sullivan dropped
• Pat Bowlen dies: Hall of Fame Broncos owner was 75
• Denver police investigate string of burglaries at marijuana dispensaries
• Colorado child molester gets 140 years to life
• Polis’ Vaccination Exec Order Seeks To Bolster Rates, Chart A Middle Course In The Debate
• Coloradans Could Vote on Banning Abortions Later in Pregnancy in 2020
• Denver Police will change to encrypted transmissions

• Tropical birds making extended migration stay in Colorado
• Buskers, Brews & BBQ
• Creede’s 3rd Annual Donkey Dash will take place on Saturday, June 8, 2019
• Denver to Garth fans: Don’t have friends in “tow” places
• Broomfield invites teens to trade e-cigs for recreation passes on Monday night
• Colorado Will Reroute Highway Around Boulder That Fell On It
• Summit County Animal Control euthanizes 33 roosters on state’s recommendation
• JeffCo Public Schools considers demolishing Columbine High School
• Colorado lawsuit over companion animals settles for $1 million
• Castle Rock bans underage sales of kratom, the controversial herbal extract
• Report: Aurora Immigrant Detention Facility Violates Multiple ICE Standards
• Communities around Rocky Flats unite against oil and gas drilling near former nuclear weapons plant

• Polis Signs Climate Action Bills Aimed At Achieving 100 Percent Renewable Energy
• Colorado city 7th in nation to run solely on renewable power
• Governor Polis signs multiple criminal justice reform bills into law
• The good and the bad that comes with record snowpack
• CDOT seeking proposals to build 173-mile passenger rail line along Front Range
• President Trump Delivers Commencement Address At Air Force Academy Graduation
• ‘Denver has a drinking problem,’ health department warns after new binge drinking data
• What Are Colorado’s Biggest Sources of Air Pollution?
• Caerus fined for spill; activists decry Gunnison Energy incident
• CU Colorado Springs students secretly photographed for government-backed facial-recognition research
• Denver’s mayoral race is coming down to a fiery personality clash. What does that say about Colorado’s capital city?
• Start Impeachment Inquiry, Hickenlooper Says

• CU Boulder joins UN agreement to promote climate action through sports
• Colorado releases app with info on 39K miles of trails
• Oprah Winfrey to address graduates at Colorado College
• How Colorado’s new law banning surprise out-of-network medical bills will work
• Should common consumption be allowed for alcohol in Denver?
• Rescheduled Rolling Stones tour coming to Denver in August
• Jeep lovers show support for Kendrick Castillo during procession
• DSST: Stapleton Changed To DSST: Montview, Effective Immediately
• Boulder officer who confronted black Naropa student picking up trash resigns
• Colo Republicans Fight Each Other over Whether Democrats Should Be Recalled
• Colorado secretary of state calls for boycott of Alabama after passage of anti-abortion law
• Jamie Giellis’ blunders on race reshape Denver mayoral election

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• CU Boulder graduates 8,600 at snowy spring commencement
• Colorado Chocolate Festival
• RTD’s Looking Into Adding Wi-Fi To Buses And Trains. But It Probably Won’t Happen
• Hancock and Giellis will face June runoff for Denver’s mayoral seat
• Mayor Hancock says Denver will respect will of the voters on magic mushrooms
• ‘Nothing makes me feel safe.’ How Colorado educators and parents are processing yet another school shooting
• Denver landlord who refused to rent to Muslim men settles lawsuit for $675,000
• Arvada woman posts neighbor’s racist tirade on Facebook
• FAA pushes back on claims of increased noise for south Denver metro communities
• Despite the defeat of Initiative 300, homelessness in Denver remains a top business concern
• Ted Nugent to be keynote speaker at summer campaign fundraiser for Weld County Sheriff Reams

• Cherry Creek Sneak a rite of April for Denver area runners
• Colorado’s economy accelerated in 2018 at fastest pace in three years
• Colorado Joins The Super Tuesday Party For 2020 Presidential Primary
• GOP hardball in Colorado Statehouse has Dems vowing to get tough — and organized — next year
• Colorado lawmakers send marijuana delivery bill to Gov. Polis’ desk
• Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission to consider petition asking to ban bobcat hunting
• Police: Inmates at youth correctional facility in Golden riot, injuring staff
• “I can’t breathe”: Denver police sergeant suspended for choking unarmed man until he passed out
• Boulder student who went viral after interaction with officers speaks out on new police data
• Colorado’s ‘Red Flag’ Gun Law Could Be Overturned
• Regents name Mark Kennedy CU president over stiff campus opposition
• Michael Bennet, Diana DeGette call for AG Barr to resign